Name
ypinit
Synopsis
ypinit [options]
Description
NFS/NIS command. Build and install an NIS database on an NIS server. ypinit can be used to set up a master or a slave server or slave copier. Only a privileged user can run ypinit.
Options
- -c master_name
Set up a slave copier database. master_name should be the hostname of an NIS server, either the master server for all the maps or a server on which the database is up-to-date and stable.
- -m
Indicates that the local host is to be the NIS server.
- -s master_name
Set up a slave server database. master_name should be the hostname of an NIS server, either the master server for all the maps or a server on which the database is up-to-date and stable.
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